Have fun trying to find
the answers to these questions. Some answers may be found at more than one
Web site.
Use your favorite search program, You are
a Cybernaut if you can answer 11-12, an Internet Navigator with 8-10, a Hitchhiker
with 5-7, or a Newbie with less than 5.
: If you want to use this as an activity in your classroom, just print the
page and pass it out to your students. That way they can't click on the answer
button and go immediately to the solution.
If you are an elementary
teacher, you may want to pick the least difficult questions to use in
your
classroom and modify the point system.
1. What famous illustrator
for Harper's Weekly popularized the donkey and elephant used to symbolize
the Democratic and Republican parties Answer
Hint:
Washington Post Kids
Post
2. What is the electoral
college Answer
Hint: Electoral College
3. When did candidates
begin using celluloid campaign buttons Answer
Hint: CyberBee's Political
Memorabilia
4. How old must you
be to run for president Answer
Hint: Vote Smart Government
101
5. When was the League
of Women Voters founded and what does the organization do Answer
Hint: League of Women
Voters
6. How much money can
an individual give to a presidential candidate Answer
Hint: Federal Election
Commission
7. What is the Gallup
Poll Answer
Hint: Gallup Organization
8. What document does
the president swear to preserve, protect, and defend when taking the oath
of office Answer
Hint: Fact
Monster
9. What is a straw vote Answer
Hint: YourDictionary.Com
10. Who spoke these
words in his inaugural address "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what
your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country." Answer
Hint: Project Bartleby
11. What was the theme
in the 1964 Lyndon Johnson "Daisy" campaign ad and where can you view a copy
of it
Answer
Hint: CNN All Politics
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